Fifteen years after local singer-songwriter Paul Sanchez released his solo debut "Jet Black and Jealous, " the title track has found new life in Nashville. Unbeknownst to Sanchez, successful country songwriter and publisher Travis Hill, who writes under the pen name Scooter Carusoe, had rewritten "Jet Black and Jealous" with a country flavor.

The Eli Young Band, a popular contemporary country quartet from Texas, heard Hill's demo and recorded the song as the title track of its major-label debut for Universal Records South; Sanchez is listed as co-writer with Carusoe.

"The version is lovely, very different, but still has bits of my melody, imagery and of course the tag line, " Sanchez said. "I had heard since I was a kid how tough the Nashville music business could be, but my experience with these fellows has been positive and uplifting. They sent me the required documents and we signed the deal."

The Eli Young Band's "Jet Black and Jealous" recently entered the Billboard country album chart at No. 5. "It's kind of surreal to go online and see these young, handsome boys with the words 'Jet Black and Jealous' all over their artwork, " Sanchez said. "But it makes me smile every time."